Then if you are ever this side of the pond you must try Sail the whitsunday's but first but this book http://www.windward.com.au/ it is really "100 Magic Miles" :-) (and no I am not associated with either the book or the whitsunday's)
wow. SO not fair! This one sure must hurt, of course, along with those with over 1000 views. Its really hard to believe they're going through with this 'Deselection' thing.
Thanks Kamaly. It hurts very badly. I thought I was doing the right thing, at the time. I can't understand why we should be punished for this? I can't believe more people aren't complaining. Remember when they changed the user interface? ... they listened then only because there was a huge clamour.
Yes, hs238, thanks for asking, but not nearly often enough! We were out last weekend, up in Howe Sound, I have posted some new photos of the town of Gibson's Landing.
Hi Nawitka...we were coming across on the ferry from Nanaimo yesterday (Sunday, March 29/09) around noon and I saw a boat that looked exactly like yours heading north past Passage Island. Any chance?
Thank you for your kind comment cvj, it's nice to hear from you. I have just posted some new photos of Poet's.
Conrad Not us, sadly, we spent that lovely sunny day indoors at home :( choosing to go out Saturday in the freezing rain instead. That would have been cool, we have no photos of us sailing our boat! But Nawitka has several (like five or six) sisters that are in charter service based out of Nanaimo. Likely you saw one of them. We saw two of them match racing in the Gulf Islands last week during spring break but that's actually the first time we've met any of them in the last four years. I haven't posted the photos yet, but will get to it by and by.
Sorry Nawitka, I was in the middle of putting an actually constructive comment here when my daughter plugged in her ipod and crashed my PC. GRRRrrr! Anyways - nice sloop. Reminds me of the three years I spent racing (3x a wk)on a 32' Douglas back in Ontario - only that had a vertical transom. Is this one about that length or does the 400 mean 40 ft? Nicely setup cockpit from the other pics, I see:) What fun!
Hey Johny! A sailor! Thanks for the note. The 400 is a bit of a marketing gag. We call her 40 feet but it is really only 39, and you have to count the over-reach of the bow pulpit for even that! :) The cockpit is great, you can do everything except anchor. The swim-grid at the transom is the best and there is even a cold-water shower back there! (Built for the Med of course. Built in France actually.)
We don't have the Douglas out here; I've done a bit of big-boat racing (someone else's ya-chet) and that takes a lot of committment! I'm impressed! I was rail meat for a while, then they found out I could sail and had raced dinghies. I got promoted to "main sheet", which is where you hold the mainsheet and try not to get stepped on during the tacks. The mainsheet coach sits above you and gets to look at the sail. He says "In. In. No, Out. In. In. In-in-in. Out. Out. Out a bit. Good. In. In .... " while you twiddle the sheet in 1 inch increments. For three hours. :)
Yes - I noticed that nice rear (on the boat, he chuckles) on the shot where you were backing her into a berth - Wonderful! I remember my first few times crewing. I can relate - I'm still surprised I made it past that first week! I trained on 'nutshells' for a while, and then graduated to 'albacores' before crewing on that Douglas. It wasn't a light-wind boat, though. My most exciting moment was when we broached badly while flying a large radial head spinaker. we went right sideways with the rudder out of the water and wer dragged along until the wind bent in half the spinaker boom on the front stay! We let go the sheets and had to bring her in. I'll never forget it though!!
Comments
rosina lamberti, on December 11, 2007, said:
lovely reflection nawitka
hs238, on December 12, 2007, said:
Your Boat?
Nawitka, on December 12, 2007, said:
Yes hs238, this is the real "Nawitka". Thanks for dropping by!
hs238, on December 12, 2007, said:
Then if you are ever this side of the pond you must try Sail the whitsunday's but first but this book http://www.windward.com.au/ it is really "100 Magic Miles" :-) (and no I am not associated with either the book or the whitsunday's)
rosina lamberti, on December 12, 2007, said:
u must have a wonderful life sailing to wherever yr heart takes u
Nawitka, on December 13, 2007, said:
Thanks for visiting rosina -- sailing is great! But there is also real life ashore.
hs238 I've heard about the Whitsunday Islands -- I would love to sail there and see the Reef.
kamalyn, on July 16, 2008, said:
Ooooooh NOOOOO! This one sure must hurt! So not fair.
kamalyn, on July 16, 2008, said:
wow. SO not fair! This one sure must hurt, of course, along with those with over 1000 views. Its really hard to believe they're going through with this 'Deselection' thing.
Nawitka, on July 16, 2008, said:
Thanks Kamaly. It hurts very badly. I thought I was doing the right thing, at the time. I can't understand why we should be punished for this? I can't believe more people aren't complaining. Remember when they changed the user interface? ... they listened then only because there was a huge clamour.
Nawitka, on November 2, 2008, said:
Hi hs238 -- you "found" me for sure!
hs238, on November 2, 2008, said:
Hi Nawitka Do you get to use her often these days?
Nawitka, on November 2, 2008, said:
Yes, hs238, thanks for asking, but not nearly often enough! We were out last weekend, up in Howe Sound, I have posted some new photos of the town of Gibson's Landing.
cvj, on November 25, 2008, said:
Nice photos and thank you for the greeting - we always enjoy Poet's Cove - our gateway to the Gulf Islands...
Conrad Nay, on March 30, 2009, said:
Hi Nawitka...we were coming across on the ferry from Nanaimo yesterday (Sunday, March 29/09) around noon and I saw a boat that looked exactly like yours heading north past Passage Island. Any chance?
Nawitka, on March 30, 2009, said:
Thank you for your kind comment cvj, it's nice to hear from you. I have just posted some new photos of Poet's.
Conrad Not us, sadly, we spent that lovely sunny day indoors at home :( choosing to go out Saturday in the freezing rain instead. That would have been cool, we have no photos of us sailing our boat! But Nawitka has several (like five or six) sisters that are in charter service based out of Nanaimo. Likely you saw one of them. We saw two of them match racing in the Gulf Islands last week during spring break but that's actually the first time we've met any of them in the last four years. I haven't posted the photos yet, but will get to it by and by.
JohnyTopaz, on May 21, 2009, said:
Sorry Nawitka, I was in the middle of putting an actually constructive comment here when my daughter plugged in her ipod and crashed my PC. GRRRrrr! Anyways - nice sloop. Reminds me of the three years I spent racing (3x a wk)on a 32' Douglas back in Ontario - only that had a vertical transom. Is this one about that length or does the 400 mean 40 ft? Nicely setup cockpit from the other pics, I see:) What fun!
Nawitka, on May 21, 2009, said:
Hey Johny! A sailor! Thanks for the note. The 400 is a bit of a marketing gag. We call her 40 feet but it is really only 39, and you have to count the over-reach of the bow pulpit for even that! :) The cockpit is great, you can do everything except anchor. The swim-grid at the transom is the best and there is even a cold-water shower back there! (Built for the Med of course. Built in France actually.)
We don't have the Douglas out here; I've done a bit of big-boat racing (someone else's ya-chet) and that takes a lot of committment! I'm impressed! I was rail meat for a while, then they found out I could sail and had raced dinghies. I got promoted to "main sheet", which is where you hold the mainsheet and try not to get stepped on during the tacks. The mainsheet coach sits above you and gets to look at the sail. He says "In. In. No, Out. In. In. In-in-in. Out. Out. Out a bit. Good. In. In .... " while you twiddle the sheet in 1 inch increments. For three hours. :)
JohnyTopaz, on May 21, 2009, said:
Yes - I noticed that nice rear (on the boat, he chuckles) on the shot where you were backing her into a berth - Wonderful! I remember my first few times crewing. I can relate - I'm still surprised I made it past that first week! I trained on 'nutshells' for a while, and then graduated to 'albacores' before crewing on that Douglas. It wasn't a light-wind boat, though. My most exciting moment was when we broached badly while flying a large radial head spinaker. we went right sideways with the rudder out of the water and wer dragged along until the wind bent in half the spinaker boom on the front stay! We let go the sheets and had to bring her in. I'll never forget it though!!